Crews continue to investigate a fatal house explosion on April 27, 2017 in Firestone. Anadarko Petroleum plans to shut down 3,000 wells in northeastern Colorado after the fatal explosion.

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A man working for Colorado Oil and Gas Commission runs test outside a fatal house explosion on April 27, 2017 in Firestone. Anadarko Petroleum plans to shut down 3,000 wells in northeastern Colorado after the fatal explosion.

RJ Sangosti, The Denver Post

Crews investigate a fatal house explosion on April 27, 2017 in Firestone. Anadarko Petroleum plans to shut down 3,000 wells in northeastern Colorado after the fatal explosion.

RJ Sangosti, The Denver Post

Several gas wells are near homes in the Oak Meadows subdivision where there was a recent fatal house explosion on April 27, 2017 in Firestone. Anadarko Petroleum plans to shut down 3,000 wells in northeastern Colorado after the fatal explosion.

RJ Sangosti, The Denver Post

A gas well is covered by tan fencing is less than 200 feet from a home where crews continue to investigate a fatal house explosion on April 27, 2017 in Firestone. Anadarko Petroleum plans to shut down 3,000 wells in northeastern Colorado after the fatal explosion.

RJ Sangosti, The Denver Post

A gas well, on the left, covered by tan fencing is less than 200 feet from a home where crews continue to investigate a fatal house explosion on April 27, 2017 in Firestone.

RJ Sangosti, The Denver Post

Crews investigated a fatal house explosion on April 27, 2017 in Firestone.

RJ Sangosti, The Denver Post

Heather Sawlidi, with her son Sebastian, 1, stands outside her home five houses down from a fatal house explosion on April 27, 2017 in Firestone. Sawlidi is still scared and upset over the explosion. "It is hard to make my kids feel safe after something like this happens" said, Sawlidi. Anadarko Petroleum plans to shut down 3,000 wells in northeastern Colorado after the fatal explosion.

RJ Sangosti, The Denver Post

Crews continue to investigate a fatal house explosion on April 27, 2017 in Firestone. Anadarko Petroleum plans to shut down 3,000 wells in northeastern Colorado after the fatal explosion.

RJ Sangosti, The Denver Post

Crews investigate a fatal house explosion on April 27, 2017 in Firestone. Anadarko Petroleum plans to shut down 3,000 wells in northeastern Colorado after the fatal explosion.

RJ Sangosti, The Denver Post

Heather Sawlidi stands outside a fatal house explosion on April 27, 2017 in Firestone. Sawlidi is still scared and upset over the explosion. "It is hard to make my kids feel safe after something like this happens" said, Sawlidi. Anadarko Petroleum plans to shut down 3,000 wells in northeastern Colorado after the fatal explosion.

RJ Sangosti, The Denver Post

Oil and gas crews work on a rig about a mile north of the Oak Meadows subdivision where there was a recent fatal house explosion, on April 27, 2017 in Firestone.

RJ Sangosti is a photographer for The Denver Post. He was named 2013 Photojournalist of the Year in the National Press Photographers Association’s award for large market newspapers. His portfolio included photos of the Aurora theater shooting, a story awarded The Denver Post the 2013 Pulitzer Prize for breaking news.